1. To be fair, this one's a lot of hindsight... given that it's the first worldwide pandemic in over 100 years. But what would I have done? First yeah... impose travel restrictions from China. No ifs, ands, or buts. Then, rather than threaten to defund the WHO, I would've jumped right on them, demanding that they do their job which is the reason for their existence. If necessary, I would've shadowed the WHO with my own virology experts to make sure this was being given the proper amount of importance. If it STILL spread to my country, I would form and empower (not dismantle) a task force made up of health professionals and economists and would use their expertise to create national guidelines. But again..... none of us have ever done this before.
2. We've had a HELL of a lot more experience on this one. Well for starters, rather than defunding the police, I'd go in the other direction. I'd assign enough funds to police forces to ensure the proper reforms. I would also seek out and remove all systemic stumbling blocks and obstacles that permeate racial inequality. For instance, I would reform public school funding so that all public schools would be funded equally, and not be dependent on what neighborhood you happen to live in. This just perpetuates the vicious cycle and gives false pretense to cockamamie intelligence theories. I would look to and reform housing policies, wage structures, and others..... all based on merit, not racial quotas which just put an ineffectual Band-Aid on what is a gaping, festering wound.
3. That's a tough one. I'd get me a good economist to help with that one.

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